Home range of a Geoffroy's marmoset group, Callithrix geoffroyi (Primates, Callitrichidae) in South-eastern Brazil

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de biologia Vol. 60; no. 2; pp. 275 - 281
• Main Authors: Passamani, M, Rylands, AB
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 01.05.2000
• Subjects: BIOLOGY; primates; Geoffroy's marmoset; primata; Callithrix geoffroyi; área de uso; sagüi-da-cara-branca; home range; Mata Atlântica; Atlantic Forest

The home range of one group of the Geoffroy's marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi) was studied in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil, between February 1993 and January 1994. The total home range was 23.3 ha and the area used in the dry season was significantly larger than that...